Basketball

//ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl//

Synonyms for "basketball" (13 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
hoopsb-ball

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
basketbasketball game

Related words (6)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

at location

7 entries

derived

13 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

9 entries

is a

25 entries

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receives action

8 entries

related to

5 entries

used for

13 entries

Translations

176 translations across 107 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • basketboll noun (the sport)

Arabic

2 entries
  • كُرَة اَلسَّلَّة noun (the sport)
  • كُرَة اَلسَّلَّة noun (the ball used in the sport)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • balonzesto noun (the sport)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բասկետբոլ noun (the sport)
  • բասկետբոլի գնդակ noun (the ball used in the sport)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܐܣܦܹܝܪ ܣܵܠܵܐ noun (the sport)

Asturian

1 entries
  • baloncestu noun (the sport)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)
  • basketbol topu noun (the ball used in the sport)

Basque

1 entries
  • saskibaloi noun (the sport)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • баскетбо́л noun (the sport)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বাস্কেটবল noun (the sport)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • баскетбо́л noun (the sport)
  • баскетболна топка noun (the ball used in the sport)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘတ်စကက်ဘော noun (the sport)

Catalan

2 entries
  • basquetbol noun (the sport)
  • bàsquet noun (the sport)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • buul bakul noun (the sport)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏔᎷᏣ ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ noun (the sport)
  • ᏔᎷᏣ ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ noun (the ball used in the sport)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the sport)
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the ball used in the sport)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the sport)
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the ball used in the sport)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the sport)
  • 籃球 /篮球 noun (the ball used in the sport)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • баскетбол noun (the sport)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Czech

1 entries
  • basketbal noun (the sport)

Danish

2 entries
  • basketball noun (the sport)
  • basketball noun (the ball used in the sport)

Dutch

2 entries
  • basketbal noun (the sport)
  • basketbal noun (the ball used in the sport)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • basketbalo noun (the sport)
  • korbopilkado noun (the sport)
  • korbopilko noun (the sport)

Estonian

2 entries
  • korvpall noun (the sport)
  • koss noun (the sport)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kurvabóltur noun (the sport)

Finnish

3 entries
  • koripallo noun (the sport)
  • koripallo noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • koripalloilu noun (the sport)

French

3 entries
  • ballon-panier noun (the sport)
  • basket-ball noun (the sport)
  • basketball noun (the sport)

Friulian

1 entries
  • bale tal zei noun (the sport)

Galician

1 entries
  • baloncesto noun (the sport)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კალათბურთი noun (the sport)

German

2 entries
  • Basketball noun (the sport)
  • Basketball noun (the ball used in the sport)

Greek

2 entries
  • καλαθοσφαίριση noun (the sport)
  • μπάσκετ noun (the sport)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • બાસ્કેટ બોલ noun (the sport)
  • બાસ્કેટ બોલ noun (the ball used in the sport)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • baskètbòl noun (the sport)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כַּדּוּר סַל noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • כַּדּוּרְסַל noun (the sport)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बास्केटबाल noun (the sport)
  • बास्केटबॉल noun (the sport)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kosárlabda noun (the sport)
  • kosárlabda noun (the ball used in the sport)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • körfubolti noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • körfubolti m körfuknattleikur noun (the sport)

Ido

2 entries
  • basketbalo noun (the sport)
  • korbobalono noun (the sport)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bola basket noun (the sport)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • basket noun (the sport)
  • basketball noun (the sport)

Irish

1 entries
  • cispheil noun (the sport)

Italian

4 entries
  • basket noun (the sport)
  • palla a spicchi noun (the sport)
  • pallacanestro noun (the sport)
  • pallacesto noun (the sport)

Japanese

4 entries
  • バスケ noun (the sport)
  • バスケットボール noun (the sport)
  • バスケットボール noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • 篭球 noun (the sport)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • баскетбол noun (the sport)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កីឡាបាល់បោះ noun (the sport)
  • បាល់បោះ noun (the sport)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • кудсяр noun (the sport)

Korean

4 entries
  • 농구 noun (the sport)
  • 농구공 noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • 롱구 noun (the sport)
  • 배스킷볼 noun (the sport)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • баскетбол noun (the sport)

Lakota

3 entries
  • tȟabškátapi noun (the sport)
  • tȟabʼóiȟpeyapi noun (the sport)
  • tȟápa-tȟáŋka noun (the ball used in the sport)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບານບ້ວງ noun (the sport)

Latin

1 entries
  • canistrilūdium noun (the sport)

Latvian

1 entries
  • basketbols noun (the sport)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • ballabanastra noun (the sport)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • krepšinis noun (the sport)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Basketball noun (the sport)
  • Basketball noun (the ball used in the sport)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦖᦱᧅᦟᦳᧄᦎᦱᧇ noun (the sport)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • кошарка noun (the sport)
  • кошарка́рска топка noun (the ball used in the sport)

Malay

1 entries
  • bola keranjang noun (the sport)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ബാസ്ക്കറ്റ്ബോള് noun (the sport)

Maltese

1 entries
  • baskitbol noun (the sport)

Marathi

1 entries
  • बास्केटबॉल noun (the sport)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сагсан бөмбөг noun (the sport)

Māori

1 entries
  • poitūkohu noun (the sport)

Navajo

2 entries
  • jooł noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • jooł nikídílniihí noun (the sport)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • basketball noun (the sport)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • basketball noun (the sport)
  • korgball noun (the sport)

Occitan

1 entries
  • basket noun (the sport)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • chi-bikwaakwad biinjwebinigem noun (the sport)

Persian

1 entries
  • بسکتبال noun (the sport)

Polish

4 entries
  • kosz noun (the sport)
  • koszykówka noun (the sport)
  • piłka do koszykówki noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • piłka koszykowa noun (the sport)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • basquete noun (the sport)
  • basquetebol noun (the sport)
  • bola ao cesto noun (the sport)
  • bola de basquete/basquetebol noun (the ball used in the sport)

Romanian

3 entries
  • baschet noun (the sport)
  • baschetbal noun (the sport)
  • minge de baschet noun (the ball used in the sport)

Romansch

1 entries
  • ballabasket noun (the sport)

Russian

2 entries
  • баскетбо́л noun (the sport)
  • баскетбо́льный мяч noun (the ball used in the sport)

Samoan

1 entries
  • pasiketipolo noun (the sport)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • krepšėnis noun (the sport)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ball-basgaid noun (the sport)
  • ball-basgaid noun (the ball used in the sport)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kòšārka noun (the sport)
  • ко̀ша̄рка noun (the sport)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • palla a canistru noun (the sport)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පැසිපන්දු noun (the sport)

Slovak

1 entries
  • basketbal noun (the sport)

Slovene

1 entries
  • košárka noun (the sport)

Spanish

3 entries
  • baloncesto noun (the sport)
  • básquet noun (the sport)
  • básquetbol noun (the sport)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mpira wa kikapu noun (the sport)

Swedish

3 entries
  • basket noun (the sport)
  • basketboll noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • korgboll noun (the sport)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Tajik

1 entries
  • баскетбол noun (the sport)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கூடைப்பந்து noun (the sport)

Tatar

1 entries
  • баскетбол noun (the sport)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బాస్కెట్ బాల్ noun (the sport)

Thai

1 entries
  • บาสเกตบอล noun (the sport)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • དྲ་ཕས་སྤོ་ལོ། noun (the sport)
  • སིལ་པོལ noun (the sport)

Turkish

3 entries
  • basket noun (the sport)
  • basketbol noun (the sport)
  • basketbol topu noun (the ball used in the sport)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • баскетбо́л noun (the sport)
  • баскетбо́льний м'яч noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • кошикі́вка noun (the sport)
  • м'яч до кошикі́вки noun (the ball used in the sport)

Urdu

1 entries
  • باسکیٹ بال noun (the sport)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Venetan

1 entries
  • bałacanestro noun (the sport)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bóng rổ noun (the sport)

Volapük

2 entries
  • bäsetaglöp noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • bäsetaglöpäd noun (the sport)

Welsh

2 entries
  • pêl fasged noun (the ball used in the sport)
  • pêl-fasged noun (the sport)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • באַסקעטבאָל noun (the sport)
  • קוישבאָל noun (the sport)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • basketbol noun (the sport)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15,000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.

Source: tatoeba (20032)

Mike doesn't practice basketball on Monday.

Source: tatoeba (32924)

Mike likes to play basketball.

Source: tatoeba (32934)

I play center in football and basketball.

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